In light of Hurricane Sandy, Providence Business News has decided to postpone the Summit on Employers and Education to Wednesday, Nov. 7. more

Starting Monday, Providence Business News is inaugurating PRlink, a service that guarantees press releases sent to the newsroom of PBN are seen and evaluated, while at the same time offering a paid, self-publishing option that guarantees placement of submitted press releases on PBN.com, among other things. more

Lin Media, which owns WPRI-TV CBS 12, announced three key management promotions on Wednesday. more

During the third quarter of 2012, Media General Inc. – parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10 – saw losses widen due to higher expenses but revenue soar due to political advertising and the Olympics coverage. more

LIN Television Corp., the wholly-owned subsidiary of LIN TV Corp., completed its acquisition of 13 television stations or network affiliates from New Vision Television. more

Last week, after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an unexpected decline in September’s unemployment rate, former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch questioned the credibility of the data. more

Providence Business News was named a “Distinguished Newspaper” by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for the second time in the last three years at the organization’s 2012 Fall Conference Thursday. more

The Providence Journal parent company A.H. Belo is looking to sell the paper’s “non-core” real estate holdings for $18.85 million, reported WPRI.com, cutting nearly in half the value it placed on the properties late in 2008. more

Media General Inc., parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10, sold its last remaining newspaper – The Tampa Tribune – to Tampa Media Group Inc. more

Providence Equity Partners Inc., the buyout firm with holdings in Univision Communications Inc. and the cable-television network of the New York Yankees, sold a minority stake to Florida’s state pension system and a sovereign-wealth fund, Bloomberg News reported last week. more